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Penguin Group (USA)Penguin Group (USA)

Late Summer and FallLate Summer and Fall

2011 Highlights2011 Highlights


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Contact Us:Alan Walker

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Dominique R. Jenkins

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Kym Giacoppe

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us.penguingroup.com/library

PenguinLibrarians Den

@penguinlibrary PenguinLibrary


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Meet Our Authors Saturday, June 25Nalini

Singh, author ofKiss of Snow

Signing in Penguin Booth #1422

2:30pm-3:30pm

Wendy McClure, author ofThe Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World ofLittle House on the Prarie

ALTAFF Panel: Tales from the Heart: Literary Memoirs,

Ernest N. Morial

Convention Center, Room 283

4:00pm-5:30pm


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Meet Our Authors Morning, Sunday, June 26Nathaniel Philbrick, author ofThe Last Stand:

Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of Little Bighorn

and Guy Gavriel Kay, author ofUnder Heaven

Literary Tastes Breakfast, Royal Sonesta

Hotel, 300 Bourbon Street,

Grand Ballroom, 8:00am-10:00am

Signing in Penguin Booth #1422, 11:00am-12:00pm

Cammie

McGovern, author ofNeighborhood Watch

C.S. Harris, Author ofWhere Shadows Dance:

A Sebastian St. Cyr MysteryALTAFF Panel: Mystery and Horror @ Your Library

Ernest N. Morial

Convention Center, Room 268, 10:30am-12:00pm

Cammie

McGovern, author ofNeighborhood Watch

LIVE! @ Your Library Reading Stage, 2:00pm-2:30pm

Signing in Penguin Booth #1422, 2:30pm-3:30pm

C.S. Harris, author ofWhere Shadows Dance, A Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery

Signing at Penguin Booth #1422, 1:00pm-2:00pm


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Meet Our Authors Afternoon, Sunday, June 26Rebbecca

Makkai, author ofThe Borrower

Signing at Penguin booth, 12:00pm-1:00pm

ALTAFF panel 1:30pm-3:30pm

Ellis Avery, author ofThe Last Nude

Signing at Penguin booth 2:00pm-3:00pmLIVE! @ Your Library Reading Stage 3:30pm-4:00pm

Nnedi

Okorafor, author ofAkata

Witch

and Who Fears Death

Signing at Penguin booth 3:00pm-4:00pm

Miranda James, author ofClassified as Murder

Signing at Penguin booth 3:30pm-4:30pm

Andy Borowitz, author ofThe 50 Funniest American Writers

ALTAFF Humor Panel: The Laughs On Us

The Hilton Riverside, 2 Poydras

Street, Versailles Ballroom

5:30pm-7:30pm


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Meet Our Authors Monday, June 27Julie James, author ofA Lot Like Love

and Adrienne McDonnell, author ofThe Doctor and the DivaALTAFF Panel: Isnt it Romantic?

Ernest N. Morial

Convention Center, Room 339

8:00am-10:00am

LIVE @ Your Library Reading Stage11:15am-12:15pm

Ellis Avery, author ofThe Last NudeGLBT Stonewall Book Awards Brunch

Loews New Orleans, 300 Poydras

Street Room Lousiana

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10:30am-2:00pm

Nnedi

Okorafor, author ofAkata

Witch

and Who Fears DeathALA Speaker Series: Science Fiction/Fantasy Panel

Ernest N. Morial

Convention Center, Auditorium B

10:30am-11:30am

Eleanor Brown, author ofThe Weird SistersLIVE @ your Library Reading Stage, 12:00pm-12:300pm

Signing in Penguin Booth #1422, 12:30pm-1:30pmALTAFF Author Tea

Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Rooms 293-296


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Fiction Highlights


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More From Bestselling Authors

New York To Dallas

J.D. Robb

Putnam

9780399157783

September 2011

Robert B. Parkers

Killing the Blues

Michael Brandman

Putnam

9780399157844

September 2011

Lionheart

Sharon Kay Penman

Putnam

9780399157851

October 2011

V is for Vengeance

Sue Grafton

Putnam

9780399157868

November 2011


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The Devils Elixir

Raymond Khoury

Dutton

9780525952435

December 2011

Good Graces

Lesley Kagen

Dutton

9780525952381September 2011

The Wedding QuiltJennifer Chiaverini

Dutton

9780525952428

November 2011


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The Magician King

Lev Grossman

Viking

9780670022311

August 2011

In Malice, Quite Close

Brandi Lynn Ryder

Viking

9780670022793

August 2011


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A Man of PartsDavid Lodge

Viking

9780670022984

September 2011

Changs

Beads and

Two-Tone Shoes

William Kennedy

Viking

9780670022977

October 2011

On Canaans SideSebastian Barry

Viking

9780670022922

September 2011


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Theodora: Actress, Empress, WhoreStella DuffyPenguin9780143119876September 2011

The PostmortalDrew MagaryPenguin9780143119821August 2011


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The Cradle in the GraveSophie HannahPenguin9780143119944September 2011

An Uncertain PlaceFred VargasPenguin9780143120049November 2011


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The Potters FieldAndrea CamilleriPenguin9780143120131

September 2011

If mainland Italy is corrupt, Sicily is corrupter,

and [Inspector] Montalbano

has some plenty-

mean streets to walk down. He does so at a briskpace, and it is because Camilleri

knows his

background too well to be impressed

Impeccably grimy.Clive James, The New Yorker


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A Christmas BlizzardGarrison KeillorPenguin9780143119883November 2011

Comfort & JoyIndia KnightPenguin9780143119814October 2011


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The Grief of OthersLeah Hager CohenRiverhead9781594488054September 2011

The Last NudeEllis AveryRiverhead9781594488139January 2012

The Little BrideAnna SolomonRiverhead9781594485350September 2011


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The Kite Runner Graphic NovelKhaled HosseiniRiverhead9781594485473September 2011

The Wandering FalconJamil

Ahmad

Riverhead9781594488276October 2011


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Cross CurrentsJohn ShorsNAL9780451234605September 2011

Cemetery GirlDavid BellNAL9780451234674October 2011


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Children of ParanoiaTrevor ShaneDutton9780525952374September 2011

Those Across the RiverChristopher BuehlmanAce9780441020676September 2011

The Keeper of Lost CausesJussi

Adler-Olsen

Dutton9780525952480September 2011


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PrettyJillian LaurenPlume9780452297340August 2011

Velva Jean Learns to FlyJennifer NivenPlume9780452297401August 2011

A Pinch of LoveAlicia BessettePlume9780452297111October 2011


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Reign of MadnessLynn CullenPutnam9780399157097August 2011

The Train of Small MerciesDavid RowellPutnam9780399157288October 2011


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Memoir Highlights


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Slow LoveDominique BrowningPlume9780452297500August 2011

Cocktail Hour Underthe Tree of ForgetfulnessAlexandra FullerPenguin Press

9781594202995September 2011

No Turning BackBrian AndersonBerkley9780425243558November 2011

Sex and the Kitty:A Celebrity MeowmoirNancy the CatPlume

9780452297425August 2011


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Non-Fiction Highlights


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A Decade of HopeDennis SmithViking9780670022939August 2011

Project RebirthDr. Robin Stern andCourtney E. MartinDutton9780525952268August 2011

The Legacy LettersTuesdays ChildrenPerigee9780399537080August 2011


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The Digital DivideMark BauerleinTarcher9781585428861September 2011

Now You See ItCathy N. DavidsonViking9780670022823August 2011

The Innovators CookbookSteven JohnsonAmy Einhorn9781594485589September 2011


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The Better Angels of Our NatureSteven PinkerViking9780670022953October 2011

Why Read Moby-Dick?Nathaniel PhilbrickViking9780670022991October 2011


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Blood FeudKathleen SharpDutton9780525952404September 2011

Lunch WarsAmy KalafaTarcher9781585428625August 2011


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Food RulesMichael PollanPenguin Press9781594203084

November 2011

Just My TypeSimon GarfieldGotham9781592406524

September 2011

A History of the Worldin 100 ObjectsNeil McGregorViking

9780670022700October 2011


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OMG Pancakes

Jim Belosic

Avery

9781583334430

October 2011


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Biography Highlights


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Gandhi Manga

Biography

Kazuki

Ebine

Penguin

9780143120247September 2011


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Socrates: A Man for Our TimesPaul JohnsonViking9780670023035October 2011

Columbus: The Four VoyagesLaurence BergreenViking9780670023011September 2011


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Charles DickensClaire TomalinThe Penguin Press9781594203091October 2011

Coco ChanelLisa ChaneyViking9780670023097November 2011


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Jagger:Rebel, Rock Star, Rambler, RogueMarc SpitzGotham9781592406555

September 2011

Pauline Kael: A Life in the DarkBrian KellowViking9780670023127October 2011

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